Friday Morning Coffee: The Weekend Warm-Up.

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Another weekend is upon us. And, if you're like us -- that is, unnecessarily obsessed with pop music, then you're no doubt heading out this weekend to celebrate International Record Store Day.

Because no matter how much we love the trusty Capitol Ideas iPod, there's also nothing we love more than spending hours in record stores, combing through the bins in the hope of stumbling across some unexpected treasure.

As added incentive, some of your favorite artists are releasing limited edition singles and goodies and collectibles that will only be available on Record Store Day. Us, we're looking for the new 7-inch single "Picture Sleeve," by the legendary dB's. If you see it, let us know.

So on Saturday, we hope you'll head out to your local independent retailer and spend an hour or two remembering all those things that are cool and fun about being a music fan. A lot of these institutions are closing, so it's important to show the love.

Gratuitous plug out of the way, let's jump right into your Top Five Headlines for this 14th day of April.

1. A state judge said Thursday that the Corbett administration can dip into the money that used to pay for the now-shuttered adultBasic health insurance program for low-income adults, the Associated Press reports this morning.Commonwealth Court Judge James R. Kelley denied a motion to order the state treasuer to hold onto Pennsylvania's annual deposit of money from the nationwide settlement with the tobacco industry. The underlying lawsuit, which is still pending, claims that the money set aside for adultBasic has been unlawfully diverted for other programs, the AP reported. The suit seeks to force Corbett to resuscitate the program which provided coverage for 41,000 adults before it was shut down on Feb 28.Kelley's one-page order did not explain why he denied the motion. The Corbett administration has said the suit has no merit, and a spokesman said Thursday evening that it would continue with its plans to use the money.

2. Pennsylvania's jobless rate continued to drop in March and has hit its lowest point in two years, though a separate survey of employers showed that payrolls dipped slightly at the same time, the Department of Labor & Industry says. The unemployment rate last month was 7.8 percent, a drop of 0.2 percent. It hasn't been at that rate since April 2009. The state's unemployment rate peaked at 8.8 percent in January 2010. The national unemployment rate in March was 8.8 percent.

3. It's a good time to be a porcupine. Thanks to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, it's no longer open season on the spiny rodent, which we understand is lovely with a Bearnaise sauce and some asparagus. Instead of a nearly year-round, completely open season on porcupines, gaming officials unanimously approved an amendment this week that closes the hunting season from April 1 to Aug. 31 each year, with a daily limit of six and a possession limit of 12, the Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports. As he proposed the amendment, Commissioner David Schreffler noted, “We do have a constitutional obligation to protect species for future generation[s]." The porcupines could not be reached for comment.

4. State Senate Democrats say they have a plan to restore planned state spending cuts for education, welfare and other programs, the Post-Gazette reports this morning. Democratic leaders say they've identified $1.1 billion in new taxes and efficiencies that could restore the cuts. "We need to push back against the governor's budget," said Sen. Vincent Hughes of Philadelphia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee. "He balanced the budget on the backs of working families and children." There's some bipartisan agreement about restoring cuts to higher education and Corbett has promised to listen to alternatives -- as long as the bottom line still comes in at his proposed $27.3 billion. And that's where the Democratic plan runs into some trouble. It spends $27.45 billion and includes taxes on natural gas drilling and online sales. The administration has said it's not interested in raising taxes. And with Democrats facing a 30-20 GOP advantage in the Senate, their plan is probably DOA.

5. Buyer's remorse? Maybe. A poll released Thursday by Public Policy Polling shows deep dissatisfaction with Gov. Tom Corbett, who has only a 34 percent approval rating. Only six in 10 Republican voters approve of Corbett's job performance so far and the governor is also suffering among independents, pollsters found. And if voters had it to do over, they would have picked Democrat Dan Onorato by a 49-44 percent margin over the Republican. Pennsylvania joins the ranks of five other states, including Wisconsin, where voters are ruing their decision to put a Republican in the governor's office, the PPP pollsters said. "Part of that is a reminder of just how much of the Republican gains last year were driven by low Democratic turnout- the party's voters were fat and happy after big wins in 2006 and 2008 and just didn't have the sense of urgency they would have needed to keep that momentum going last year," the organization said in a blog post. "But the other thing it's reflective of is that there has been somewhat of a shift in the political landscape over the last five months, particularly with independent voters." The survey of 593 voters was conducted April 7 to April 10. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent. View the full results here.

Bonus Note:First Lady Susan Corbett has been named the chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.Mrs. Corbett has long been active in the agency, which is level-funded at $895,000 this year, and is proposed to be through 2015-16, budge documents show. Grants to the arts drop from $8.4 million to $8.2 million starting July 1 and are proposed to stay at that level through 2015-16, budget documents show.

TomWatch(TM):
Pennsylvania's chief executive addresses delegates from the 65th Annual YMCA Youth and Government Model Legislature at 11:15 a.m. this morning on the House floor. Some 500 students will be participating in the event.

Friday's Finally Gratuitous Soccer Link. We've said it before and we'll say it again, The Guardian has the best football coverage around. In advance of Saturday's FA Cup semi-final clash between Manchester United and Manchester City, the paper rounds up its top six FA Cup semi-final memories. Trainspotters only, please.

OK. That's it for now. We'll be back later today with more news and updates. See you all back here in a bit.